Posted on 03/05/2013 3:58:20 PM PST by bestintxas
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush Tuesday described the growing economic chasm between rich and poor as "un-American" and called it the biggest "structural" problem facing the nation on Tuesday.
"Going forward, we have to deal with our longer structural problems. The biggest one, as far as I'm concerned, is that we're no longer socially mobile as a country," Bush said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" program.
"You have people that are born poor and there's a higher and higher probability that they're going to stay poor. And you have people that are born rich and there's a greater probability that they'll stay rich.
"It's just so un-American," he added. "And yet none of the conversation and the debates are really about this. But upward mobility is the chance to solve a lot of problems. . ."
Bush, often mentioned as a possible Republican presidential candidate in 2016, said he worries that too many Americans "feel like life isn't fair to them, that they can't succeed."
Adding to the problem, he said, is the fact that the nation's education system no longer provides the tools to ensure that "every child has a chance to learn."
"If people don't have the skills to succeed, no matter how much they dream, if they don't have the skills to make those dreams come true it's not going to work," he said.
He added later that education reform must be made a top priority because there are still too many "pockets in this country of just illiteracy because we haven't had the same standards for them."
Bush, who was making the rounds at MSNBC promoting his new book, "Immigration Wars," was also asked about his apparent reversal on giving illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship.
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Nice to see this clown voluntarily take himself out of the running. Now I wait for DeMint to announce.
“Why we will never wish to have another Bush in the WH.”
Not to worry - Demoncrats run “unopposed” in 2016 (like their heros Chavez and Castro).
Good post.
What makes you think they weren’t “unopposed” in ‘08 and ‘12?
The country has enough of Bushes. Jeb showed his ineptness already back when faced with the killing of Terri Shiavo.
His point is CONSERVATIVE .....mobility into the middle and upper class is as conservative as you can get ....
Ever hear of lifting yourself by the bootstraps?
Or would you prefer that Obamas version of the world prevail ? ...which is that we have a permanent dependent class ?
The raw stupidity that goes with Bush hatred is mind boggling
All it really takes is hard work. The trouble is the victim class is taught that work is bad and doing nothing is admirable.
JEB, SHUT THE F*** UP. You are NOT going to be the nominee in ‘16, unless the RINOs break from the GOP!!
NO, only a small part of what he said is conservative....the rest is the compassionate conservatism BS....which has always been partially correct, but dangeous nonetheless.
You fell for it.
When the Bush’s move into section 8 housing, I’ll believe him. Other wise he’s talking about all the other guys not them....
If he just talking about bootstraps why does the Federal Government have to DEAL with it?
Because it's the Federal Gov't that's going to have to pass tax reform, budget and regulatory reform in order to move the economy.
Really...I don't see much that Jeb said wrong. The obama economy is keeping people down and keeping people poorer than is necessary.
Because it's the Federal Gov't that's going to have to pass tax reform, budget and regulatory reform in order to move the economy.
Really...I don't see much that Jeb said wrong. The obama economy is keeping people down and keeping people poorer than is necessary.
Because it's the Federal Gov't that's going to have to pass tax reform, budget and regulatory reform in order to move the economy.
Really...I don't see much that Jeb said wrong. The obama economy is keeping people down and keeping people poorer than is necessary.
Because it's the Federal Gov't that's going to have to pass tax reform, budget and regulatory reform in order to move the economy.
Really...I don't see much that Jeb said wrong. The obama economy is keeping people down and keeping people poorer than is necessary.
Sorry for quadruple post.
This is more foolish than anything his older brother said.
In 2016, another Bushie GOP nomination or e-GOP means a third party. 5/6 popular vote loses for e-GOP candidates only means another loss.
A rapid implosion now is better than a slow decline into slavery.
Only socialist statists obsess about the gap between rich
and poor. And that is what all the Bushs are.
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